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The Spar National Women’s Netball Championships in Cape Town will start today as the S.A  netball fraternity mourns the loss of players and an official who lost their lives in a bus crash on their way to the tournament. 5 Breakfast's Xoli was joined by Netball SA President Cecilia Molokwane to talk about this horrific development

We catch up with Advocate Bernadine Bachar, Director at the Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women and Children. She tells us about how they operate as a 'one-stop-shop' for women and children suffering from GBV and need urgent help.

We ask the listeners what Secret Santa gift they would buy each member of the team and why.

Dan catches up with Dr Judy Mann who explains the science of Shell's seismic blasting project on the East Coast of South Africa. What is the impact on our incredibly vulnerable Wild Coast and what is the state of the legal battle at the moment. 

Xoli challenges the listeners to whistle the end of 'Ke Dezember Boss' in the style of the famous '36 Tomato advert'. Can you do it? 

As a part of the Unlock Your Talent campaign Tristan from December Streets shares 5 steps that he believes will help any artist achieve success in South Africa and the world.

Every Wednesday at 7:50 am Matty shares an affirmation for the week. Tune in and unwind.

Her partner is 12 years older than her and has 6 kids with his baby mamma, but she had no idea. She thinks he's still in love with her, should she leave?

From 'Family Meeting' to 'Decuplets' what is South Africa's word of the year?

Hear the viral BBC News clip of Dr Ayoade Alakija speaking out against vaccine and Covid related racism against the continent of Africa. "Had Covid first been discovered in Africa they would have locked us up and thrown away the key"

Dr Tim De Wet is a genomic sequencer and explains that South Africa is world class in this regard, this may be why the new variant was discovered here first. He also explains that the decision to close borders was much more of a political decision than a scientific one.

After the President's address last night we learnt that the government is still considering a 'vaccine mandate'. We caught up with constitutional law expert, Professor Pierre de Vos to hear whether the proposed vaccine mandate actually infringes on our rights or whether it is deemed a public good.

The team brings you the cringiest stories from the world of the news and we vote to crown the Sheesh of the Week.

TikTok superstar and national heartthrob Will Liney joins us for Genre Bender. He's decided to do a folky cover of One Direction's massive hit 'Steal Your Girl'. Tune in for that as well as a beautiful version of his smash hit Miss Me.

The kids of 5 Breakfast give their parents an end of year performance review and decide whether they will be renewing their contracts for next year.

We return with one of our all-time favourite features, Laugh Race. This time we are joined by South African comedy titan, Celeste Ntuli! The aim of the game is for our featured comedian to make each member of the team laugh, one by one. They can only move to the next member of the team once they have had a successful laugh. Each comedian is timed and put on our leader board.

5FM launches a brand new campaign with December Streets called Unlock Your Talent. In celebration of their new album December Streets will new touring the country looking for the hottest new talent in South Africa. Find details of how to enter on the 5fm.co.za

Every Wednesday at 7:50 am Matty shares an affirmation for the week. Tune in and unwind.

Dan and the team chat with Pearl Pillay about the hotly contested proposed policy change by NSFAS making it necessary to pass 75% of your courses to receive funding. 

Dan and the team chat with Pearl Pillay about the hotly contested proposed policy change by NSFAS making it necessary to pass 75% of your courses to receive funding. 

South Africa woke up to a very different political landscape today after one of the most ridiculous nights in politics ever. How did the ANC get tricked in KZN, what happened to Mashaba and Action SA and did the DA's Tanya Campbell even know she was going to be Mayor of Ekurheleni?

Xoli chats with Thalea and Andiswe from Sundowns Ladies about their momentous victory at the first ever CAF Women's Champions League. A massive moment for African football and women's football!